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Backlight

A glow around the edges separates the person from the background.

Use when: Golden-hour lifestyle, hair and fabric shots, dust or steam in the air.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Light: the light source behind the subject, facing the lens, a bright outline on the subject's hair and shoulders, the subject's face in soft shade

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Say it like this

The light source behind her, facing the lens, a bright outline on her hair and shoulders, her face in soft shade.

Watch out

A style word for light does nothing. Name the source, where it sits against the person, and what fills the shadow side.measured: Director Chair field notes on image prompting
Say what lights the face too (a bounce, a window), or it falls into silhouette.film-craft: General film vocabulary, as also used in ShotDeck's filters

Rim lightPrompt Silhouette

A dark shape against a bright background: mystery, iconography, anonymity.

Prompt Golden hourPrompt

Sources

Own words; the term from general film vocabulary, as also used in ShotDeck's filters Checked 2026-11-13.

ShotDeck: real film examples of this lighting (paid, link only)

Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this lighting (free tier, link only)

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